"Yet Another Christian Blog" as the title says. Plenty of religious fluff on the internet nowadays. So how do you know which ones are right? How about the ones that follow the written Word of the Bible?

Sound too easy? It is easy! We read the Bible to learn about God's plans and will for our lives. I created this site mainly to document my studies for my own benefit and to provide some online sermons. See you on the other side?

Don't we all want the Joy of Christ? Don't we all want to be able to smile and be happy in the hard times? Christ promises that if we are in Him and followers of Him, that we will have His joy. It is a promise:

13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

But what exactly is the "Joy of Christ"? Lets first look at the definition of the word. It is described as an emotion of the expectation of good or good fortune. It is also described as a "A glorious and triumphant state". Wow! That sounds nice. Joy clearly is not the same as just being merely happy. It goes beyond that. It is a state. What puts us in that state? Knowing what Christ has done for us will put us in that state.

Christ has conquered the grave and death and with Him we can too. By being in Christ we become children of God and joint heirs with Christ:

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.

Without Christ, you are dead in your sins and your destiny is hell but Christ can make you alive:

55 O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory? 56 The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law. 57 But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Do you see what Christ has done for us? How can a person that knows these things not be filled with great joy? You are literally a child of God, an heir to His kingdom, and when you die, you will be with Him in heaven.

I don't know about you but just knowing that gives me meaning and purpose in my life. When you have meaning in your life, you will also have a destiny. Your purpose should be to serve God and find His will for your life. If He has done so much for you in this life, it shouldn't be hard to at least serve Him. Not as to work off a debt (since there is none), but working for God out of Love and graciousness for what He has done for you.

I have great joy in my life because I know what Christ has done for me, and as the scripture says "no man can take that away from me".